Danderyds Gymnasium is a school in Sweden that offers various education programmes including engineering, business studies, natural sciences, and social sciences. It has 2500 years of combined teaching experience and qualified instructors. The school has excellent facilities for sports, a library, and a cafe. It also offers international exchanges and activities. Students are supported by nurses, counselors and special teachers. The school aims to provide a friendly atmosphere with possibilities for students through varied teaching methods and support.

2. Welcome to
Danderyds Gymnasium!

3. •2500 years work experience
•600 years higher education
•Qualified teachers

4. All the advantages of a big school
Depth
Bredth
Choice
Competence
With the
friendliness
security
and sense
of belonging
associated
with a small school

5. Our Education Programmes
ENGINEERING PROGRAMME BUSINESS STUDIES PROGRAMME
• Design and product development • Business studies
Profile: International economics
NATURAL SCIENCE PROGRAMME Profile: Creative marketing
• Advanced Mathematics • Law
• Natural sciences and society
Natural Sciences SOCIAL SCIENCE PROGRAMME
• Behavioural science
• Profile: Natural sciences and society • Media, information and communication
• Profile: International • Social Sciences
• Profile: Natural sciences Profile: International
• Specially Natural Sciences • Social Sciences (Asperger’s syndrome)
and Social Sciences
• Profile: Image and design UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL
Profile: Music For students with learning disabilities
Profile: Theatre • Hotel and Restaurant

6. Excellent Facilities

7. International Exchanges and Activities
Luxembourg Spain Russia Belgium
Germany Kenya South Africa Finland
Europroject Tanzania Estonia The Netherlands
China

8. School Canteen
Made in our own kitchen Hot meal Vegetarian alternative
Special dietary requirements Salad bar

9. Sport, health and wellbeing
• Excellent sports facilities
• Three sports/gymnastics halls, our own health centre
• Indoor facilities close by: tennis courts, curling hall and
fotball field
• Outdoor tennis courts, football field and athletics field
• School teams and competitions
• Certified by the Stockholm Football Association
• National Sports Education – football
• Collaboration with Stockholm’s Golf Club
• CPR training for all students and staff
akademiska roddföreningen

10. Outside the Classroom
The library The Learning Centre
Gäss Café Health Centre

11. What is it like to be a student here?
• Friendly atmosphere
• Possibilities
• Our school welcomes new
ideas and suggestions
• Student democracy:
Take the opportunity –
get involved

12. Pedagogical idea
• Variation in
teaching methods
• Lectures
• Field studies
• Projects
• Interdisciplinary work
• UN role play
• Internationalization
• Excursions
• Seminars

13. Support
• Access to school
nurses, welfare
officers, study &
careers guidance
officers, special
teachers.
• The Learning Centre

14. GY-2011
• New Programmes • University application
• Same grading system – qualification.
goal related, but with new
• Emphasis on individual
grading scale A-F.
responsibility. Ambition
• New admissions
requirements for academic to continually achieve
programmes: pass in more and more! Raise the
Swedish, English and bar!
Mathematics, and at least
nine other subjects.

15. GY-2011
• New syllabuses • DAGY: Advanced
• Increased progression – Mathematics Education
e.g. Mathematics 1 not a recruits students from all
repetition of grade 9 over Sweden
maths. • Regional football school
• Tougher requirements for • Increased collaboration with
university qualification. universities and business
Importance of student • Encourage extra university
counselling. qualification points.

16. GY-2011
• Courses in the arts and in
the area of sport –
available within all
programmes.
• New Education law
• Edudation is our business,
and we are up-to-date.
• High expectations and
high demands – mutually!